Stacey Conn has joined Strolling of the Heifers as its new general manager, it was announced by Orly Munzing, Stroll founder and executive director.
Conn earned a Master’s of Business Administration degree from the F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College in 2014. As part of her MBA program, she visited Ghana to teach entrepreneurship skills to high school students and to prepare them for the Babson Cup, a regional business plan competition.
She also served for a year as a Babson Board Fellow — a non-voting board member for the non-profit organization Partners for Youth with Disabilities, and created a strategic road map.
Before joining Strolling of the Heifers, Conn spent eight years at the Boston investment management firm Wellington Management as global relationship group assistant, including several years as a member of its charitable foundation grant review committee.
“Stacey’s experience and education is perfect for helping Strolling of the Heifers reach the next level,” Munzing said. The organization is developing a Farm/Food Innovation Center at the Robert H. Gibson River Garden, the downtown Brattleboro building it acquired as its headquarters a year ago.
Prior to her business career, Conn earned a Master of Science degree in Educational Psychology from Northeastern University and worked as a school counselor in Wellesley, Mass. and Pleasanton, Cal. Because of her love for animals, she also worked as a veterinary technician
Conn is a native of Maryland. She and her husband, Joe, reside in Keene, NH.
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